Volume 3
Being ordered by my Instructions from Vice-Admiral Graves, Commander in Chief of his Majesty's Ships and Vessels in North-America; publickly to signify to all Towns accessible to his Majesty's Ships, that, in Case any Violences shall hereafter be offer'd to anyof the Officers of the Crown, or other peaceable disposed Subjects of his Majesty; or if any Bodies of Men shall be raised and arm'd in... Continue Reading
Date: 18 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
Sir, I lose no Time in transmitting to you herewith, a Letter I this Morning received from Captain Parker, of his Majesty's Ship Phoenix, communicating certain Instructions he has received from Vice Admiral Graves, for the Rule of his Conduct on this Station: Which Letter you will forthwith make known to the Corporation and Citizens of New-York; and I request you will insert it in the public... Continue Reading
Date: 18 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
The bearer, Mr. [Charles] Smith, 2 is a friend of mine, I hope you will receive him as such, and recommend him to brother and,sister Bunn; he is master's mate of the Asia man of war, and when I was obliged to fly for refuge, he received me very kindly and treated me as a gentleman, and can give you the particulars of the times and proceedings of the American rebels. They have deprived... Continue Reading
Date: 18 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
These are to Certify that Joseph Comstock Master of the Sloop Polly bound to Providence in the Colony of Rhode Island is permited to Ship on board said Sloop Polly a Cargo of Flour and other necessaries for the Use of the inhabitants there.
By Order of the General Committee for this City and County of New York
New York the 18th Decemr 1775
Date: 18 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
By a gentleman here on Wednesday last from Wilmington; in North-Carolina, we are informed, that the Scorpion sloop of war, and a transport ship from Boston, arrived at Brunswick, fifteen miles below, about the 12th ult. it was imagined their intention was to carry away the guns belonging to Fort Johnston. ー At the same time arrived a ship from the Isle of Sky, in Scotland, with a number of (... Continue Reading
Date: 18 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
[Philadelphia] Monday Decr. 18. An Express arrived from Montreal with Letters from Gen. Montgomery, Col. Arnold & others, Eleven Vessels are taken near Montreal by our people who have also seized Brig. Prescot [Richard Prescott] who had caused all the Powder to be thrown overboard, but the Ships contain plenty of Provision ー Ethan Allen is sent to England in Irons ー Col. James Livingston is... Continue Reading
Date: 18 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
Agreed, That application be made to the Committee of Safety for as many Seamen out of the Boats as are willing to go on this cruize. 2
Date: 18 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
Agreeable to a Resolve of the 14th inst., Mr. John Ross, Muster. Master, Reports, that there is on Board the thirteen armed Boats:
Men in pay,
477
ー 54 of whom are sick.
bedding compleat,
69
beds,
74
blankets,
132
Rugs,
2
Upon application of the Pilots, employed by this Board in Piloting Vessels... Continue Reading
Date: 18 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
The Committee having taken into Consideration. the Defenceless State of Baltimore, and the Dangers to which it is in it's present State exposed, came to a Resolution, That until some other Measure be taken for the Defence of the Town by the Convention, or Council of Safety, The Guns which are in Town be cleaned & put in Order for Service, and that proper Carriages for mounting the same be... Continue Reading
Date: 18 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
A letter from the committee for the county of Isle of Wight, enclosing a resolution of the said committee, was presented to the Convention, and read; setting forth, that Caesar, a negro man slave belonging to Walter Gwynn, of the county of Gloucester, and pilot to a tender, was placed by the captain of the said tender on board the Molly, Captain Conyard, with orders to carry her to Norfolk, but... Continue Reading
Date: 18 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
The following letter was written to Capt. Thornborough, of the Tamar sloop of war.
In the Council of Safety,
Dec. 18th, 1775.
Sir ー We would have wished, if it had been possible, to have continued the permission which lately subsisted for supplying his majesty's ships with provision for a longer term, even until a happy reconciliation with our parent country had taken place; but the measures... Continue Reading
Date: 18 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
To the Honble the Council of the Colony of the Massachusetts Bay,
The Petition of Ebenezer Parsons of Glocester, humbly shews,
That your Petitioner has fitted out a Schooner called the General Ward as a Privatere, & prays your Honours to grant a Commission to Capt Matthew Kelley to command the same and your Petitioner as in duty bound will ever pray &c.
Date: 19 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
Watson & Spooners accounts against the Washington and Harrison given a Warrant for £1015.16.8¾
Date: 19 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
ordered to deliver up the vessells sent into Marblehead by Broughton & Sillman, to their owners ー 2
Date: 19 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
... you will doubtless be Informed by the General of the Military Operations, in what manner and when the Army began and advanced their works on Lechmore's Point, and of the Cannonading and Bombardment that has Ensued, and of the Success of it, of the several Prizes our Privateers have taken, and of the Loss of one of the Continental Privateers taken and carried into Boston. 2 it is... Continue Reading
Date: 19 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
There have not arrived any Troops since my last by the Tartar Frigate leaving th[is] the 16th Inst, but the Store Ships as pr Margin 2 have got in with most seasonable Supplies, alth[ough] the live Stock met with worse Fate than could have been suspected from the great Care that has been taken...
I have also; on Consultation with the Admiral, ordered two Transports to be fitted out... Continue Reading
Date: 19 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
The Fowey sailed on a Cruize, and the Admiral directed the Storekeeper to purchase three Schooners; two for armed Vessels, the other to ruil with Dispatches
Date: 19 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
I have your Excellency's Letter of the 17th which I have laid before the General Committee. Should the Force sailed from Boston be destined for Rhode Island, I tremble for the Consequences, as the Colony, in its present exhausted State, cannot without Assistance defend the Island...
[P.S.] Capt. Wallace hath hinted to some of his Friends that he expects a Reinforcement daily.
Date: 19 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
Inclosed you will Recieve the Evidence of one Parker Relating the Transactions of Some of the People in Newport I am very much Surprised that So much pains is Taken to Secure the Town of Newport and the Towns on the Continuant Lef[t] out I wish you and the Rest of the People Concern'd May Not make a Seperate Bargain with that Enverite Enimy Wallis without Taking in all The Town in this Colony ー... Continue Reading
Date: 19 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
The committee appointed to plan a voyage or voyages for one or more vessels, delivered in a report which was read, and after some time spent therein and some advice given thereon, it was returned to the said committee for their further consideration.
Die Martis, 3 ho. P.M. Decr. 19th, 1775.
The Committee appointed to employ two or more vessels for a voyage to Europe reported, that they think it... Continue Reading
Date: 19 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
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